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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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AXLE-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,764, dated February 6, 1883.

i Application led December 2i, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom Ait may concern Beit known thatl, H. V. APPLEY, of Upper Lisle, in thecounty of Broome and State of New York,bave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Axle-.Boxes and Hubs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invenlion, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertainsV to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in axle-boxes and hubs; and it consists, first, in

a box which is adjustable back and forth in the hub by means of a bolt or other holding device which is passed through the hub into the box; second,in the combination of the axle with an expansiblc box which is placed over the spindle, suitable washers or clamping devices which are passed over the box, so as to adjust it to the exact size of the spindle, and

an outer inclosing-box which is placed in the hub, all of which will be more fully described ibereinafter.

The object of my invention is to provide, first, a box which can be adjusted in the hub of the wheel, so as to set the wheel farther in or out, as may be desired; and, second, in an expansible box which maybe fitted to the spindle, no matter how much it may be worn.

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal -sectionof my invention. Fig. 2 isa detached view of the expansible box and the contracting-rings.

A represents the spindle of the axle, and B the inner expansible box, which is applied di. reetly thereto. This box is made from an elastic piece of metal which is bentinto the proper shape, and which has its edges separated far enough from each other to allow the box to be closed upon thespindle by means of the screwwashers, bands, or other contracting devices,

i), which areslipped over its outer side. `As

fast as the spindle wears away these rings can be screwed inward uponthe box, and thus tighten it upon the spindle. As the edges of this box do not meet,ample space is left for the lubricating-fluid which surrounds the box to flow in between the spindle and the box,

` and thus keep theV spindle always perfectly l which are slipped over the outer side of this box are made ot' the same diameter and lit washers lit accurately inside ofthe box, it does not matter in what position they may be placed upon the inner` box, for they always lit the outer box and serve as the bearing-points for the hub of the wheel upon the spindle. The outer box, H, is closed at its outer end and provided with a suitable screw-thread at its inner end to screw upon the nut J, which catches behind a second nut, L, which is screwed or otherwise secured upon the axle. This nut J revolves with the box around the nut which is secured to the axle, and serves at the same time as a guard to the box against dust and dirt. This outer box has a number of perforations made through its side in a line with eachother, and passing through-the hub into one of these perforations is the screw-bolt N, which secures the hub and the box together. As there are a number of these holes, and as the bolt is the only means for securing the hub and the box together, the box may be adjusted back and forth in the hub for'the purpose of setting the wheel either in or out, as may be found necessary. By removing this bolt at any time lubricating oil or iluid may be poured through the hub directly into the box, thus forming an easy means of lubricating the Ispindles without having to remove the wheels.

Having thus` described clailnt l. An'expansible box which `is applied to the spindle and held in place by means of rings or washers which are placed upon the outer side ofthe box, substantially as shown.

2. The combination of an expansible box, which is applied to the spindle and held in place thereonby means of washers, with an outer box inside ot"` which the washers accurately it, and which washers form the bear- 3. The combination of an outer perforated box with the hub in which it is placed, and means for connecting the box to the axle, and a bolt which is passed through the hub into the box, whereby the hub may be moved in and out ,upon the box, substantially as set forth.

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4. The combination of an expansible box In testimony whereoflaffix mysignature in which is applied directly to the spindle, suitpresence of two witnesses. able Washers for contracting the box upon the spindle, au outer perforated box, means for HARRISON V. APPLEY.

5 attaching the outer box to the axle, and a bolt which is passed through the hub for the Witnesses: .I purpose of connecting the hub and the outer C. GJ BENNETT, box together, substantially as specified. D. H. CARVER. 

